I don’t get lib as an insult. Seems like pretty much everyone on Lemmy is on liberal side of center. I’ve seen some hexbear users use it to refer to anyone who isn’t as tankie as they are, but I don’t get it.
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JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
The US uses lib to mean socially liberal, in opposition to the cons. The rest of the world uses it to mean fiscally liberal, as in support of not regulating capitalist markets.
Non-US people often get pissy that a word can have more than one definition.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
And even more generally, Western liberal democracy which most flavors of anarchism and socialism view as a system that is neither based on securing liberty or particularly democratic.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Thank you, that makes more sense.
sean@lemmy.wtf 1 hour ago
I’m an anarchist socialist. We hate tankies, we hate libs. Libs are capitalists. Tankies are authoritarian. We got both of those.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 50 minutes ago
The great irony there is that the Tankies love anarchists. They want the west to burn themselves down.
It’s honestly hard for me to believe there are more than a handful real Anarchists on the fediverse and not just a bunch of masquerading Tankies, because at the end of the day Anarchy will just bring any currently existing state one step closer to an Authoritarian taking complete control.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 55 minutes ago
We’re apparently not speaking the language. I’m a liberal, and I’m a socialist.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Sure, I’d just only heard lib as an insult by them before.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 55 minutes ago
Greta Thunberg probably isn’t on your side, lol.
VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 36 minutes ago
Hard to say. Her public attitude towards a lot of issues is fantastic but she comes from money. She wouldn’t be able to pursue her personal interests and campaigns without the wealth she has.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 34 minutes ago
She spend her entire life since 15 as a peaceful protestor, she’s not on your side if you’re some “burn it down, both sides bad” idiot.
Asafum@feddit.nl 10 hours ago
That face…
“I’m a fucking child, why am I here saying shit you irresponsible fuckers should already know!?”
b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
If you’re not on several watchlists in 2024 you’re one of the bad guys.
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Layla Moran on the left is a member of their Liberal Democrats and someone who police were called out to when they allegedly beat their partner over an IT issue.
Ed Milliband in the middle is a member of the Labour party. Maybe not the biggest leftie but enabled members to vote for their leader which paved the way for Jeremy Corbyn to win.
Based on the above two points, this feels to be quite badly labeled if you know who they are.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 9 hours ago
Was curious if the background! What’s with Greta’s wide eye face?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
Rolf Harris just been announced as a special guest.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Was the problem that her partners work VPN is somehow fucking terrible and is too slow for the kind of work they do but they still kept calling her to reset the router even though the problem was coming from 2000 miles away?
roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Brother, you need some friends to complain to. We are not a sufficient replacement for a genuine social life I promise you.
Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
4oreman@lemy.lol 7 hours ago
at least you have nice braids
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Frozengyro@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
followed
You won’t.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
Was it intentional that your next post was about Krampus?
I watched a holiday movie recently that said he wanted to misuse the watch list, I mean naughty list or whatever Nick used these days lol. Think it was Red One. Had a depthy cast, not that usually makes good movies, but it wasn’t bad
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
If you aren’t being watched by at least 9 letters worth of government agencies, you’re boring